Not a great run today. The tempo was pretty good (7:38), which surprised me because my legs didn’t feel great. But 7:30s seemed to take a lot less effort than 8:00s, so I just went with it. At about 10 miles, though, I started to feel my quads tighten up and in general didn’t feel…
There is nothing better than the first few runs in good weather!! It even makes hard workouts seem that much easier 🙂 I’m at the 3.5 weeks until race day mark, which is both exciting and scary :). Fargo is still under water, which concerns me a little bit… will the river receed enough in…
This week is a lot, even by my standards. In the last 24 hours, I’ve run 30 miles. I took Monday off, but counting Sunday’s 22 puts me at 52 in the last 3 training days. My body is responding well (very few aches/pains and almost no soreness, which I’m surprised at), but I do…
Last week was a big week for me — I hit 69 miles, which is the most that I’ve ever logged. I had hit 64 for Houston, and was around 65 in my peak weeks in college. This week I’m planning to hit 77-80, wish me luck! I can tell the mileage is making me…
Great week (weather aside :)! I’m back and healthy and have had some really great workouts. On Sunday I tried my first marathon pace workout inside of a long run. I did 20 miles total, 7 as a “warm up” (7:30 pace), then 12 at marathon pace (6:50), then a mile “shuffle” as a cool…
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